Comments on: Link Spam is Internet Cancer

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:58:48 +0000

I’m not sure if this would eb considered link spam as well: I do have a site on which I publish articles from a (hard copy) magazine. In the articles, companies get named and they can advertise in the paper version. Instead of naming them only, I want to offer those companies a textblock with full contact details and (email)link – for a fee, obviously.

How would you ‘rate’ that?

And in general, what about link-exchange with ‘relevant’ sites: “I link to you if you link to me”?

By: admin

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:39:50 +0000

Yes, different country specific versions of Joomla will show different results. Google do publish a ‘book’ about how to rank it’s just people choose to ignore it

By: Morningside School of Music

Morningside School of Music — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:00:55 +0000

Is it? I notice google.co.uk and google.com have different result, neither appears to be top? I wish Google would release a book explaining their rules to us all!

By: admin

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:06:54 +0000

When I search for Guitar Lessons in Edinburgh I find you at number one (your Polarflame site that is).

By: Morningside School of Music

Morningside School of Music — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:54:12 +0000

Google are impossible to deal with, I asked them a few questions through our google adwords centre, they wouldn’t give anything away at all!

I noticed that you get ranked higher if you have a webpage like http://www.guitarlessonsedinburgh.org/guitarlessonsedinburgh/edinburghguitarlessons.html (This is just an example link) but surely this isn’t fair?

The problem we have is that we teach more than one instrument, the others teach only guitar, so when people search for guitar lessons edinburgh, we don’t come up first because our site has more than just guitar, it is so frustrating!

By: Gary Miller

Gary Miller — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:24:29 +0000

Good post and right to the heart of the matter. Had a conversation the other day with a friend about his website. His new SEO ‘professional’ was guaranteeing results if his techniques were used.

Nearly fell off my chair when my friend told me that these techniques included things like cloaked keyword stuffing using hidden text!

Please don’t tell me we’re reverting that far back?!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:54:12 +0000

I totally agree with the above comments, google really need to get their s..t together. Content should be king but somehow that isnt the case…any fool with a few blackhat tools can outrank the best content sites…things need to change and soon…

By: Essio Marketing

Essio Marketing — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:56:50 +0000

Great post can totally empathise with you, for those of us who make that extra effort to stick to \\\’ethical SEO techniques\\\’ it is difficult. Google continues to allow pages of content full of spammy links to rank highly in the UK.

I\\\’m hoping the new Google search engine is the answer (www2.sandbox.google.com)
, it certainly seems to put more emphasis on quality content.

All the Best

By: admin

admin — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:12:18 +0000

Search results are not browser dependent. Are you by any chance logged into your Google account in Chrome? Search results when logged in are often different.

By: Morningside School of Music

Morningside School of Music — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:08:44 +0000

Thanks. I wish I hadn\’t touched the meta tags, Although, I think we are back on top now??? It\’s strange, we are top in chrome but not IE or Firefox. I\’m still working on that one, It\’s like a black art understanding what engines do what. I am fighting hard to get links on other sites, it\’s going up slowly but surely.